This story looks back at a time when racism was even more flagrant, leading to the death of an Iowa...
Read moreEach week this month, the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder editors will share their top picks for free or low-cost events celebrating Black...
Read moreReligion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and...
Read moreOur community needs to know the tragic history of Ozzie Simmons.
Read moreNiceness can be a form of manipulation, creating a racial dynamic where people of color are required to maintain White...
Read moreIt's been 150 years since the 15th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870, giving Black people access to the...
Read moreFind the editors' picks of this week's Black History Month events.
Read moreCivil Rights icon Rosa Parks was recently honored with a statue in Montgomery, Alabama.
Read moreTwo trailblazing cheerleaders were recognized at St. Peter’s Church in Minneapolis: (l-r) Harriet Bowman Solomon, Gwendolyn Morrow Fraction; Rev. Carla...
Read moreOne hundred years after the birth of Minnesota’s first Black person, Marvel Jackson Cooke made her own history as the...
Read moreConsider the following collection a historical taste of Black history in the Twin Cities!
Read moreIn honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing short clips highlighting the legacy and history of Blacks in Minnesota. This...
Read moreIn honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing short clips highlighting the legacy and history of Blacks in Minnesota.
Read moreEach week this month, MSR editors share their top picks for events celebrating Black History Month.
Read moreIn honor of Black History Month, we’re sharing short clips highlighting the legacy and history of Blacks in Minnesota. This...
Read moreEach week this month, MSR editors share their top picks for events celebrating Black History Month.
Read moreIn honor of Black History Month, we salute the oft-invisible Black baseball players who found their place in history despite...
Read moreOn Broadway (1959), in movie houses (1961), and afterward on television, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun increasingly held Black...
Read moreFifty years ago, a tragic accident ended the groundbreaking career of Major Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., a Chicago native and...
Read moreArie Gibson As Black America recounts how far it’s come, there is pride in culture and in accomplishments. One can...
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